BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC As an cinephile and originally a film critic, Tootsie holds a special place in my personal collection of films. The sparkling new musical based on the 1982 hit comedy starring Dustin Hoffman (and a Who’s Who...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC In the spirit of A Miracle on 34th Street, Elf: The Musical at Greenville Theatre will leave you believing in Santa Claus anew! With at least three productions of Elf: The Musical softening hearts and wallets...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Centre Stage in Greenville mines the fertile decade of decadence for the company’s annual music show in The Final Countdown. From hard rock bands to the pop solo superstars of the 1980s, this show has it...
By Steve WongDRAMA CRITIC I, for one, have never seen the movie Elf, starring comedian Will Ferrell, and I kind of hope I never do. It might somehow spoil the wonderful memory and feeling I got from seeing Elf: The...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The Warehouse Theatre follows up the successful encore run of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with a regal and witty affair about women and their means and men, Jane Austin’s, Sense and Sensibility now on stage...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC USC Upstate Theatre delivered one their finest dramatic outings in recent memory this weekend with Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Sweat. Brimming with commentary about the working class, economic divide, and addiction, Sweat, directed by...
